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Steel & Tube quality manager Damian Miller said an investigation had been launched into the incident.

The ODT understands two Steel & Tube health and safety employees will fly down from Christchurch for a meeting with the man in Dunedin today.

A Fairfield Transport spokesman said he had taken issue with the man entering the yard without permission and not wearing the required safety gear, but otherwise declined to comment.

The rider, who asked to remain anonymous because he feared retribution from the men who allegedly abused him, said he would be approaching police if he was not satisfied with the outcome of the investigation of the incident by Steel & Tube.

Road Transport Forum chief executive Ken Shirley called for an easing of hostility on local roads.

"There's obviously ongoing tensions."

The forum promoted tolerance between all road users, but riders were not blameless for the escalating tensions and could be "hot-headed," Shirley said.

Cull said there would be winners and losers in any reallocation of road space, but rejected any suggestion the cycleway should be moved away from the harbourside industrial area.

"The idea you shouldn't have a cycleway in an industrial area is just silly.

"What if people in the industrial area want to cycle to work?"

Dunedin City Council transport group manager Richard Saunders said vehicles were not permitted to obstruct a cycle lane while loading and unloading.